Table 2.

Results for the impact of Buy recommendations on average abnormal returns (AARs) and CAARs

Event windowAARCDA t-testCAAR
−20−0.852−2.192008502**−0.852
−19−0.220−0.565090568−1.072
−18−0.497−1.278404799−1.569
−17−0.874−2.248226458**−2.443
−16−0.891−2.29223078−3.334
−15−0.383−0.985573944−3.717
−14−0.245−0.63053163−3.962
−130.3660.941897356−4.283
−12−0.320−0.824379356−4.641
−11−0.359−0.922688069−5.000
−10−0.677−1.740575337*−5.677
−9−0.814−2.092979884**−6.490
−80.0940.242766767−6.396
−7−0.248−0.63758001−6.644
−6−0.497−1.278049789−7.140
−5−0.432−1.112378615−7.573
−40.1790.459716906−7.394
−30.1720.442850302−7.222
−20.0260.067266531−7.196
−10.0240.060734025−7.172
00.8242.12087517**−6.348
1−0.222−0.569908655−6.569
20.0880.226885075−6.481
30.0370.095595098−6.444
40.3270.840610588−6.117
50.4101.054866007−5.707
60.3580.920385095−5.349
70.4921.265092922−4.858
80.2330.59864334−4.625
91.2333.17245081**−3.392
100.3130.804268444−3.079
110.2170.557389894−2.862
120.0900.232453798−2.772
130.0960.246283625−2.676
140.1040.26847034−2.572
150.5771.484497774−1.995
16−0.116−0.299154152−2.111
170.4821.239135013−1.629
180.2910.749816915−1.338
191.2433.198647123***−0.094
200.9162.357104195**0.822

Notes:

The t-values are compared to the critical values for a two-tailed test to determine the significance of AARs; *10% level of significance, **5% level of significance, ***1% level of significance and ****0.1% level of significance in two-tailed hypothesis

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